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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Score Attack game?
Score Attack + LGBTQ+
Only 18 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Score Attack game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.9k, ×8.2 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $310k, ×661 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 9 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) |
| Top 25% | $43k (exactly $42,857) |
| Top 5% | $314k (exactly $313,891) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue down 70% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Score Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- LGBTQ+
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Score Attack; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Arcade, Puzzle
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.80 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Colorful, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.80 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 2,033 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 6 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Score Attack with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SuperheroFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + GolfFair
- + GothicFair
- + ModernFair
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Comparable games
Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't 2026 · $314k 
Urban Jungle 2025 · $240k 
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To 2025 · $143k 
Super Crush KO 2020 · $95k 
PROJEKT GODHAND 2026 · $75k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't | $14.99 | 698 95% | 21k | $314k (exactly $313,891) | Buried Things | |
| | Urban Jungle | $11.99 | 667 90% | 20k | $240k (exactly $239,920) | KYLYK | |
| | Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To | $19.99 | 239 94% | 7.2k | $143k (exactly $143,328) | Soft Not Weak, LLC | |
| | Super Crush KO | older | $14.99 | 211 96% | 6.3k | $95k (exactly $94,887) | Vertex Pop |
| | PROJEKT GODHAND | $15.80 | 158 96% | 4.7k | $75k (exactly $74,892) | Anarch Entertainment | |
 | Futanari di Funghi | older | $6.99 | 260 83% | 7.8k | $55k (exactly $54,522) | Ahegames |
 | STREET UNi X | older | $19.99 | 78 96% | 2.3k | $47k (exactly $46,777) | daffodil & friends |
 | CODE Bunny | $9.99 | 143 93% | 4.3k | $43k (exactly $42,857) | Team Seventh Star | |
 | Otoko Cross: Pretty Boys Klondike Solitaire | older | $6.99 | 135 86% | 4.1k | $28k (exactly $28,310) | Eastasiasoft Limited |
 | Otoko Cross: Pretty Boys Mahjong Solitaire | older | $6.99 | 132 86% | 4.0k | $28k (exactly $27,680) | Eastasiasoft Limited |
 | KIPIDON: We Will Always Love You | $7.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) | JCPORTALS | |
 | Total Chaos Against Apathy | $7.77 | 29 100% | 870 | $6.8k (exactly $6,760) | Discade Project | |
 | Pattaya Simulator | $8.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $5.9k (exactly $5,933) | N-nic Studio | |
 | HOPSHOT | $4.99 | 26 100% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | mysticat | |
 | EmyLiveShow: BossRush | $4.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Team Emily |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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